Bestselling author Matera's adrenaline-fueled narrative uses thousands of detailed accounts of every robbery, shoot-out, and prison escape to set the record straight on the famous outlaw.

Reveals the dark side of the staggering rise in antidepressant prescription, alternative medicine, etc.

The story of one of the most violent yet least-known episodes of the Civil War the daring excavation of the longest military tunnel in history.

Killed in 1918 while performing his renowned illusion, Defying the Bullets, Chung Ling Soo's myriad deceptions began unraveling: He was really William Ellsworth Robinson, a former magicians' assistant. But for nearly a century, a swirl of more sinister secrets has surrounded him.

Tommy, a blue collar grifter, woos Sammy, a young heiress, hoping to marry for money, but instead he falls in love with the opinionated, awkward woman, in an expanded edition of the novel first published in 1974. Reprint.

A masterful storyteller at the top of his form, Bull follows the successes of his popular African novels A Cafe on the Nile and The Devil's Oasis with an equally compelling tale of political terror and personal vengeance that unfolds in China's colorful, turbulent port city of Shanghai.

Fiction and poetry are matched in eloquence by nonfiction pieces, as this New York Times bestselling author showcases the best black gay writing from more than three decades.

For years Gerald lived for his twin passions, acting and sex. And as a young actor, he found plenty of opportunities to perform in both arenas. No longer young or in demand, Gerald is waiting to die. He has drawn up a last will and testament, a living will, assigned a health care proxy, and arranged his own cremation.

The Color Purple is a musical that evokes a unique emotional response - as it tracks the story of its heroine, Celie, from sexual abuse by her stepfather to physical abuse by her husband to a roof-raising story of triumph. This five-color companion volume is intended for those who have experienced this musical.

Written by the author of Valencia , Chelsea Whistle and Rose of No Man's Land , this work contains twenty-two of some of the voices in queer girl writing. It speaks to a range of queer girl experiences.

A searing, imaginative memoir that pairs two stories, the author's budding self-realization and the race to formulate the theory of evolution.

Punctuated by the five Muslim prayers and set to a disco and glam-rock soundtrack, Girl in the Tangerine Scarf evokes female adolescence in the vein of Cisnero's House on Mango Street and like Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls looks at orthodox religion against an American backdrop.